When is it a good time to use the Careers Service?

Students are often suprised that the day they choose to come in we are busy and they ask when it would be quieter?

Ok so this is for those of you who want to plan ahead – the patturn is the same every year. Really busy Sept – Dec, quiet in the vacation and exam periods and just mediumly busy the rest of the time. It’s pretty much what you would expect given when many application dates open for graduate schemes & internships.

So when is it a good time to start planning my career?

The answer is usually – immediately if not sooner! The sad fact is that most people put off thinking about their future until they absolutely have to. It’s scary stuff, but it gets more scary the longer you leave it.

Unfortunatly that means that everyone comes in in at the start of Semester 1, and there is a mass panic as everyone realises that they:

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